Londons Topic label has released many albums of
traditional music and song. The catalogue is so huge that only Irish releases
have been listed here. For the full list visit the Musical Traditions site at www.mustrad.org.uk
Prefixes: T or the
later TOP & STOP = 7 45 or EP; 10T = 10; 12T = mono LP; 12TS = stereo LP;
TPS = sampler LP; SP = special pressing (never issued); TSCD = CD.
T 4 Patrick Galvin with Al Jeffrey Irish
Songs of Resistance,
Part 2
10T 6 Margaret Barrie (sic) and Michael Gorman
Street Songs
and Fiddle Tunes of
Ireland (1958)
12T 35 Dominic
Behan with Peggy Seeger, Leon Rosselson and
Ralph Rinzler Down by the Liffeyside: Irish Street
Ballads
(1958)
12T41 Ewan
MacColl and Dominic Behan Streets of Song
(1958; reissued 1965)
TOP 85 Dominic
Behan Peelers and Prisoners (1963)
12T 87 The
McPeake Family Irish Traditional Songs (1963)
12T 91 Joe Heaney Irish Traditional Songs in
Gaelic and English
(1963)
TOP 92 The McPeake Family Wild Mountain Thyme (1963)
TOP 101 Dominic Behan Dominic Takes the Floor (1963 or 1964?)
STOP 115 Dominic Behan The Patriot Game/Erin go Brach (1964)
12T 123 Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman Her Mantle
So
Green (1965)
12T 139 Paddy Tunney A Wild Bees Nest (1965)
12T 153 Paddy Tunney, Arthur Kearney, Frank Kelly, Joe
Tunney
Ireland Her Own (1966)
12T 157-12T 161 The Folk Songs of Britain, Volumes 1 to 5
(1968) include a
number of Irish singers & musicians
12T 165 Paddy Tunney The Irish Edge (1966)
TPS 168 Various From Erins Green Shore (1966) Topic Sampler No.
4
12T 172 Frank Harte with Alf Edwards Dublin Street
Songs (1967)
12T 175 Willie Clancy The Minstrel from Clare (1967 or 1968)
12T 176 Various Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Music from
a London
Pub (1968)
12T 177 Various Grand Airs of Connemara (1968)
12T 182 Mrs. Sarah Makem Ulster Ballad Singer (1968)
12T 184 Various The Breeze from Erin (1968)
12T 195-12T 197 The Folk Songs of Britain, Volumes 6-8 (1971) include a
number of Irish singers
12T 202 Various More Grand Airs from Connemara (1971)
12TS 209 The Irish Country Four Songs, Ballads and
Instrumental
Tunes from Ulster (1971
or 1972?)
12T 218 Frank Harte Through Dublin City (1972)
12TS 223 Peta Webb with Lucy Farr, Michael Plunkett and
Reg Hall I
Have Wandered in Exile
12TS 230 Various The Lark in the Clear Air (1974)
12T 250 Sιamus Ennis The Wandering Minstrel (1974)
12TS 251 The Russell Family of Doolin, Co. Clare (1975)
12TS 257 Packie Byrne Songs of a Donegal Man (1975)
12T 259 Leo Rowsome Classics of Irish Piping, Volume
1 (1975)
12T 262 William Andrews, Liam Walsh Classics of
Irish Piping,
Volume 2 (1976)
12TS 264 Paddy Tunney The Mountain Streams Where the
Moorcocks Crow
12T 269 Robert Cinnamond You Rambling Boys of
Pleasure (1975)
12TS 287 Seαn McAloon and John Rea Drops of Brandy (1976)
12T 288 Felix Doran The Last of the Travelling
Pipers (1976)
12T 290 Cathal McConnell and Robin Morton An Irish
Jubilee
(1976)
12TS 294 Pat Mitchell Uilleann Pipes (1976)
12TS 305 The OHalloran Brothers The Men of the Island (1976)
12TS 306 Jimmy Power Irish Fiddle Player (1976)
12T 309 Pαdraig
OKeeffe, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford Kerry
Fiddles: Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 1 (1977) also
TSCD309
12TS 310 The
Star of Munster Trio: Music from Sliabh Luachra,
Volume 2 (1977)
12TS 311 John,
Julia and Billy Clifford The Humours of Lisheen:
Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 3 (1977)
12TS 312 Billy
Clifford et al. Irish Traditional Flute Solos and Band
Music from Kerry and Tipperary: Music from Sliabh
Luachra,
Volume 4 (1977)
12TS 314 Kevin
Mitchell Free and Easy (1977)
12TS 316 Rose
Murphy Milltown Lass: Old Time Irish Fiddle and
Accordion (1977)
12T 322 Leo
Rowsome Classics of Irish Piping, Volume 3 (1977)
12TS 325 Josie
McDermott Darbys Farewell (1977)
12TS 334 Len
Graham Wind and Water (1977)
12TS 335 Tommy
Healy and Johnny Duffy with Reg Hall Memories
of Sligo (1977)
12TS 337 Jack
and Charlie Coen The Branch Line (1977)
12TS 338 Vincent
Griffin Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare
(1977)
12TS 339 Packie
Duignan and Sιamus Horan Traditional Irish Music
from County Leitrim (1978)
12TS 352 Terry
Teahan and Gene Kelly Old Time Irish Music in
America (1977)
12TS 357 Johnny
OLeary Music for the Set: Music from Sliabh
Luachra, Volume 5 (1977)
12TS 358 Jackie
Daly Traditional Accordion and Concertina Music:
Music from Sliabh Luachra, Volume 6 (1977)
12TS 363 Tom
Lenihan Paddys Panacea: Traditional Songs from
West Clare (1978)
12T 364 Hugh
Gillespie Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional
Fiddle Music (1978)
12T 365 The
Flanagan Brothers An Irish Delight (1978)
12T 366 Dan
Sullivans Shamrock Band
12TS 368 John
Doonan At the Feis: Irish Traditional Dance Music in
Strict Tempo (1978)
12TS 369 Various
The Lambs on the Green Hills: Songs from County
Clare
12TS 372 George Hanna and Sarah Anne ONeill On the Shores of
Lough Neagh
12TS 373 John
Rea The Irish Hammered Dulcimer (1979)
12TS 377 Cathal
McConnell with Willie Johnson and Robin Morton
On Lough Ernes Shore (1979)
12TS 383 Paddy Glackin, Mick Gavin and Michael OBrien Flags of
Dublin
12TS 397 Various
Pass the Time: An Anthology of Donegal Fiddling
(never issued)
12TS 398 John
Doherty Bundle and Go (1980)
12TS 409 Boys
of the Lough Regrouped (1980)
12TS 422 Boys
of the Lough In the Tradition (1981)
12TS 433 Boys
of the Lough Open Road (1983)
TSCD 471 Leo Rowsome Classics of Irish Piping (1993 combination of
12T 259 and 12T 322)
TSCD 474 Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman Her Mantle So Green (1994 combination of 10T 6, 12T 123 and archive recordings)
TSCD 518D Joe Heaney The Road from Connemara (2000)
TSCD 525D Michael Gorman The Sligo Champion (2001)
TSCD 530 Colin Reid Tilt (2001)
TSCD 541 Colin Reid Swim
TSCD 583 The McPeake Family Wild Mountain Thyme (2009 combination of 12T 87 and TOP 92)
TSCD 602 Various Irish Dance Music (1995)
TSCD 603 Various Paddy in the Smoke (1997 extended reissue of
12T 176)
TSCD 604 Various Past Masters of
Irish Dance Music (2000)
TSCD 605 Various Past Masters of
Irish Fiddle Music (2001)
TSCD 606 Various Round the House and
Mind the Dresser (2001)
The Voice of the People
series (TSCD 651-TSCD 670, and its sampler, TSCD 751) features various Irish
singers
CD samplers
TSCD 701 Various Celtic Voices (1995)
TSCD 702 Various Irish Voices (1996)
TSCD 704 Various Ancient Celtic
Roots (1996)